El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025

Senate Bill

S. 2058

119th Congress

El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Jun 12, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Chris Van Hollen

Senator

Democratic

MD

Cosponsors

1

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Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Summary

This bill expands the areas of focus for federally-funded research centers at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that are part of the U.S. land-grant university system. It allows these centers to work on issues like climate change, forestry, food safety, and integrating social sciences into agriculture. The bill also places a limit on the number of these centers that can exist.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

SponsorChris Van Hollen (D-MD)

Introduced6/12/2025

StatusRead twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

ChamberSenate

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El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025

This bill expands the areas of focus for federally-funded research centers at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that are part of the U.S. land-grant university system. It allows these centers to work on issues like climate change, forestry,

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This bill expands the areas of focus for federally-funded research centers at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that are part of the U.S. land-grant university system. It allows these centers to work on issues like climate change, forestry, food safety, and integrating social sciences into agriculture. The bill also places a limit on the number of these centers that can exist.

Bill Number: 2058
Sponsor: Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Introduced: 6/12/2025
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Policy Area: Agriculture and Food

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Title: El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025
Bill Number: 2058
Sponsor: Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced: 6/12/2025
Summary: This bill expands the areas of focus for federally-funded research centers at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that are part of the U.S. land-grant university system. It allows these centers to work on issues like climate change, forestry, food safety, and integrating social scie

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill expands the areas of focus for federally-funded research centers at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that are part of the U.S. land-grant university system. It allows these centers to work on issues like climate change, forestry, food safety, and integrating social sciences into agriculture. The bill also places a limit on the number of these centers that can exist.

Last updated: 12/30/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

1890s Advancing and Building Leadership and Excellence Opportunity Act of 2023This bill expands the allowable areas of focus for Centers of Excellence at 1890 Institutions (1890 COEs) and reauthorizes the 1890 COEs program through FY2028. (The 1890 Institutions are historically Black colleges and universities that belong to the U.S. land-grant university system and receive federal funds through programs administered by the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.)The current areas of focus for 1890 COEs may also include<ul><li>climate change adaptation and mitigation;</li><li>fostering forestry resilience and conservation;</li><li>food safety, bioprocessing, and value-added agriculture; and</li><li>the integration of the social sciences into the food and agricultural sciences.</li></ul>The bill also specifies that no more than 10 1890 COEs may be in the program. Currently, there is no maximum limit.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Expands the allowed areas of focus for research centers at 1890 HBCU land-grant universities
New focus areas include climate change, forestry, food safety, and integrating social sciences
Limits the maximum number of these research centers to 10
Reauthorizes the 1890 Centers of Excellence program through 2028
Provides federal funding and support for these HBCU-based agriculture research initiatives

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This bill would directly benefit students, faculty, and researchers at 1890 HBCU land-grant universities by expanding the scope of their federally-funded agriculture research centers. It could lead to new discoveries and innovations in areas like climate adaptation, sustainable forestry, and food security that have real-world impacts on communities. The limit on the number of centers may concentrate resources but could also restrict participation.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Related Subjects

Agricultural education

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Forests, forestry, trees

Higher education

Land use and conservation

Minority education

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

2058, 119th Congress (2025). "El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-2058

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